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Sirbelch · 06-26-2009, 02:31 AM

What you are doing is increasing the width of the contact patch, but decreasing the length. So you have moved the patch to an area that it can resist the lateral forces better. I can see it in my head, just having trouble really explaining it.

06-26-2009, 02:31 AM	#11 (permalink)
Sirbelch Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA Age: 30 Posts: 11,108 Paul	What you are doing is increasing the width of the contact patch, but decreasing the length. So you have moved the patch to an area that it can resist the lateral forces better. I can see it in my head, just having trouble really explaining it.